Analysis of the developmental characteristics and major regulating factors of fractures in marine-continental transitional shale-gas reservoirs: A case study of the Carboniferous-Permian strata in the southeastern Ordos Basin, central China

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-133

  Ding, Wenlong ^a,b,c   Zhu, Dingwei ^a,b,c   Cai, Junjie ^a,b,c   Gong, Meilin ^a,b,c   Chen, Fuyan ^a,b,c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c Key Lab of Geological Evaluation and Development Engineering of Unconventional Natural Gas Energy   (China)

Author keywords

Carboniferous Permian; Marine continental transitional facies; Ordos Basin; Shale fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL FRACTURE; CARBONIFEROUS-PERMIAN; MARINE-CONTINENTAL TRANSITIONAL FACIES; MIXED-LAYER ILLITE-SMECTITE; NATURAL FRACTURE SYSTEM; ORDOS BASIN; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; ORGANIC-RICH SHALES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAL DEPOSITS; CRACKS; FELDSPAR; FRACTURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; KAOLINITE; LAMINATING; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; QUARTZ; ROCK MECHANICS;

SHALE;

BLACK SHALE; CARBONATE; CARBONIFEROUS; FELDSPAR; GAS WELL; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; MARINE RESOURCE; PERMIAN;

CHINA; ORDOS BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878465501     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.04.022     Document Type: Article

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